Local atmospheric forcing driving an unexpected California Current System response during the 2015–2016 El Niño

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 304-311

  Frischknecht, Martin ^a   Münnich, Matthias ^a   Gruber, Nicolas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

California current system; coastal oceanography; ecosystem; El Nino; ENSO; interannual variability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; EL NINO; ENSO; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO; HINDCASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 85008457470     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071316     Document Type: Article

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